2 | CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 
L. concinna (Willd.) (v ei: L. oligocarpa (Klot.); L 
contermina ( Willd.) (v v.); L. montana, Moore (v v.); L. 
. Sprengelii (Kaulf.) (v v.); L. patens ( Sw.) (v v.); L. limbata 
(Sw.); L. glandulifera ( Wall.) ; L. appendiculata ( Wall.) ; 
L. calcarata (Bl.); L. falciloba (Hook.); L. cana (Wall.) 
(v v.); L. crinibulbon (Hook.); L. crinita (Desv.) (v v.); 
L. velata (Hook.); L. vestata (Radd.) (v v.); L. macrotis 
(Hook.); L. caripense, Mett, (v v.); L. immersa (Bl) 
(L. verrucosa, J. Sm., En. Philip, 1841) (v v.) ; L. ligulata 
(Mett.); L. attenuata ( Kze.). 
Oss.—Sir W. Hooker places this and L. invisa, which 
somewhat resembles it under L, patens, but I am satisfied 
they are three distinct species, 
L. similis, J. Sm., En. Philip., n. 390 ; L. deltoidea (Sw.) 
(v v.); L. crassifolia, Bl; L, spectabilis (BL) (v v.) ; Du 
Kaulfussii (Link.) (v v.); L. chrysoloba (Link.) (v Sch lu 
falciculata (Pr.) (v v.). 
2,—FILIX-MAS Grove. 
Fronds lanceolate or deltoid, bi-tripinnatifid or bi-pinnate, 
rarely simply pinnate, usually firm and sub-coriaceous. 
Veins forked, generally immersed, 
L. podophylla (Hook. Kew Gard, Misc., v. 5, t. 1) (v v.). 
L. Sieboldi, J. Sm. (Nephrodium, Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 81. 
Pyenopteris, Moore) (v v.). 
Ors.—In Ferns British and Foreign I placed the latter 
asa synonym of the former, but later observation has led 
me to consider them as distinct. 
— . L. hirtipes (BL); L. lacera (Eat.) (v v.); L. apiciflora 
(Wall.); L. Brunoniana (Fall); L. fragrans (Sw.); L. 
‘pumila, Hort, (v v.). : 
Oss.— Living plants of this have been under my obser- 
vation for forty years. It is said to have been found wild 
